Stamatina Giannikaki

Optivet Referrals, 3 Downley Road, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2NJ

Figure 2. A superficial, partially embedded corneal foreign body in a dog. This piece of plant material was forcibly rinsed from the corneal surface.
Clinical

Dealing with penetrating foreign bodies in the eyes of small animals

Ocular injuries are observed more frequently in young dogs of less than 5 years of age, as well as in hunting and working breeds such as English Springer Spaniels and Labrador Retrievers. Injuries...

Figure 4. The left glaucomatous eye treated with a Molteno gonio-implant. Note the abnormal pupil margin due to iridotomies performed during surgery.

Glaucoma: a self-assessment

Historically, the definition of glaucoma in veterinary medicine was an elevation of IOP (Gelatt et al, 2013). However, glaucoma is not that simple. Glaucoma is currently defined as the final common...